Description

Author/Contributor(s):	Beard, Tom; The United States Lighthouse Society
Publisher:	Welcome Books
Date:	8/1/2017
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

A spectacular collection of America’s most iconic and stunning lighthouses. Through gorgeous photography, thisbook celebrates these unique and magnificent beacons and their construction of lighthouses began as this new nation’s firstpublic-works project in 1789 and established the United States as amaritime world power by making ports safe for navigation. Thesestructures—many still active and serving their original purpose even inthe era of global positioning systems—are living museums, yet they oftenprove difficult to access for visitors due to their necessaryremoteness. From Maine’s West Quoddy Head on the easternmost headlandsto the iconic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, and the West Coast lighthousesfrom New Point Loma to New Dungeness and Michigan’s Grand Haven PierLighthouse, the images here will delight both the armchair traveler andthose who have taken the back roads or trekked across sandy beaches tovisit these special and often artful buildings. This is a great gift forlovers of lighthouses, boaters, and those who live or dream of livingon the seashore.